Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Disorders in Pregnant Women

Conditions that might lead to ending a pregnancy to save a woman's life include severe infections,

Many women are blessed with being able to birth a baby, but for some women that is just not possible. In cases where a pregnancy is not developing correctly, doctors will advise a mother to have an abortion. There are many conditions where a pregnancy can put not only the fetus’s life at risk, but the mother’s as well. In some cases, a pregnancy can cause cardiovascular disease or renal disease in a mother. If a woman

Jane Johnson shows many symptoms and tests positive for tests that indicate that she has Preeclampsia. We know this because Jane’s symptoms, which she mentions in her letter, include new onset hypertension and swelling which also happen to be common symptoms of preeclampsia. Preeclampsia can also cause women to rapidly fluctuate in weight and Jane states that, while also explaining how she is experiencing swelling in the ankles, that she has suddenly started gaining weight. Jane also claims that the source of her high blood pressure is anxiety, as she is inexperienced in motherhood, but coupled with her other worrying symptoms, and with the fact that preeclampsia is often found in women experiencing their first pregnancy provides many reasons to conduct urine and blood tests.

On 9/27/14 a 26 y/o, 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant woman was admitted to Bellevue Women’s Center in Niskayuna, NY, showing signs of severe preeclampsia accompanied with vaginal bleeding. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific condition which presents with hypertension, increased urine-protein concentration, and systemic inflammation. Preeclampsia can eventually lead to placental hypoxia and ischemia which can result in hypoxic injury to the tissue of the fetus in utero (1). In addition, preeclampsia is the precursor to maternal eclampsia. Eclampsia is a condition in which maternal seizures occur which are not caused by any underlying condition other than pregnancy. The most effective treatment in prevention of eclampsia caused by preeclampsia

It has been found out in several studies that women with a history of preeclampsia in pregnancies have high probability of getting heart diseases compared to the women that have history of normal pregnancies. Therefore, women with preeclampsia have two and half times higher chances of dying from heart diseases later in their life. Women suffering from

This guideline presents the 2014 proposed clinical practice guidelines in the treatment of severe pre-eclamspia and eclampsia.

Many may not know that abortion can be a threat to a women’s health because all they see or choose to see is the reason why she is going through with the procedure. Abortion has been said to lead to an increasing risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke. These chances are said to be more likely to occur in women who have had any type of abortion rather than a women who has not have any abortions. Also abortion can cause

Preeclampsia, a disorder of pregnant women, is a major contributor of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. It afflicts 5-7% of pregnancies worldwide, creating an enormous disease burden. Despite intensive research in this area, the etiology of preeclampsia is elusive. However, multiple factors have been associated with the disorder, including insulin resistance, genetic predisposition, and angiogenic factors. The diagnosis of preeclampsia is based on symptoms of hypertension and proteinuria, but the disorder is not always accompanied by an increase in blood pressure and proteinuria. Other diagnostic criteria include laboratory testing, persistent epigastric pain, and cerebral disturbances. The currently used diagnostic criteria are not

Teenagers and women thirty-five years and older are at an increased risk for preeclampsia. Obesity is correlated with the increased risk for preeclampsia, ranging from 4.3% with BMI less than 20 kg/ml to 13.3% with BMI greater than 35kg/ml. A United Kingdom study on obesity showed nine percent of extremely obese women were preeclampsic, compared with two percent of matched controlled (Knight, Kurinczok, Spark & Brocklehurst, 2010). Women may be asymptomatic or report having headaches, epigastric pain, edema and seizures if severe. If preeclampsia is severe, maternal risk can include renal failure or pulmonary embolism development. Infants are usually small for gestational age if preeclampsia occurred. The fetus may develop hypoxia and show signs of

Preeclampsia the disease of the first pregnancies. Preeclampsia has several potential adverse outcomes for a pregnant woman and the neonate. Preeclampsia can occur anywhere after the 20th week of pregnancy. Cunningham (2010) described preeclampsia as a continuum of worsening disease. Each case of preeclampsia varies in symptoms and severity depending on the health of the pregnant woman, and usually resolves after delivery within 2-3 weeks. “Healthcare indicators are shown to be useful to assess, monitor, and improve quality of care” (Wollersheim et al., 2007). Recognizing characteristics of preeclampsia can save maternal and fetal lives.

Preeclampsia is one of the most common hypertensive disorders that occur during pregnancy. According to Ricci (2013), “Preeclampsia can be described as a multisystem, vasopressive disorder that targets the cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, and central nervous systems.” This disease can be either mild or severe, and it can also progress to eclampsia if not treated properly. According to Arun

According to the American Pregnancy Association, an ectopic pregnancy is “a serious pregnancy complication in which a fertilized egg secures itself to an area outside of the uterus. This is typically in an area that is not meant for a developing embryo, such as the fallopian tubes.” In the initial case study presentation, the patient, Nicole, was experiencing symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy. Nicole’s first signs of an ectopic pregnancy were that she felt very nauseous, was dizzy, and began to vomit. Within the next few days, Nicole began to feel abdominal pain in the muscles, the nausea resumed, and traces of blood were found in her urine. According to the Mayo Clinic, some signs of an ectopic pregnancy are “nausea, vaginal bleeding, and abdominal

Statistical analysis was carried out using the software program Anova one-way unstacked. Quantitative data were presented as mean and standard deviation. Pearson correlation for measuring covariance of two variables divided by the product of their standard deviations measures the strength of a linear association between two variables and is denoted by r. The Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve was used for prediction of pre-eclampsia using sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and the predictive values (positive and negative).

Eclampsia is considered as a complication of sever preeclampsia (Ross, "Eclampsia"). It is defined as the new onset of a grand mal seizure or an unexplained coma (Ross, "Eclampsia"). This like preeclampsia commonly occurs after the 20th week of the gestation and continue after the baby has been delivered and the placenta as well. (Ross, "Eclampsia"). The patient does

To begin with, not everyone has to worry about developing preeclampsia, it is only when you are 20 weeks pregnant. There is no known cure other than having your baby. It is a very serious condition that causes your blood pressure to become high and dangerous to the expectant mother and the child. In some cases it can cause the mother to have seizers and this is called eclampsia. It causes blood not to flow to the baby and in turn the baby does not get enough oxygen, in the mother it can cause liver, kidney and brain damage.